Se a América de Trump começar a parecer-se ao velho Médio Oriente e à Rússia, os riscos de que uma crise se torne incontrolável são enormes. English Español
A new power structure is emerging in the Middle East as Russia uses its intervention in Syria to position itself as an important partner for regional powers as diverse and opposed to each other as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Israel and Iran.
The deteriorating situation in Turkey since the failed coup raises many questions about the future of the country and its role in the region
A personal journey into Algeria's modern history, including the Berber heartland that has been its crucible.
Tunisia and Algeria are at the heart of the region's anti-ISIS strategy. In dealing with them, the west must be guided by equality not hegemony.
Algeria is facing succession scrambles and economic crisis. Why are the country’s leaders handing the country over to the IMF rather than use its political and economic talent?
Tunisia’s foreign friends would do well to remember that in 2011 there was a revolution in, not of the system. The current state of stasis is not a good omen for the future.
François Hollande has turned France into the United States's chief ally in the fight against ISIS. There are perils in this strategic choice.
Europe's troubles have discredited elites and fuelled the populist right. Can Labour's new leader win an argument for change from the left?
A huge migration from the Middle East and Africa scarred by conflict is underway. It finds Europe, with rare exceptions, indifferent and in denial about its own past and responsibility.
Morocco has avoided the violence and instability of neighbours to the west. But to build a more inclusive economy it still has a hard route to navigate.
The many strands of a singular life - Berber and Algerian, Jewish and Islamic, French and English, Arab and European - make today's Mediterranean tragedy all the more painful.
